1. Who controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
Question Asked : SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam 2003
(A) Portuguese
(B) Dutch
(C) The house of Jagat Seth
(D) Mulla Abdul Gaffar
2. Which among regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?
Question Asked : SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam 2003
(A) Pitts India Act, 1784
(B) Educational Despatch, 1854
(C) Macaulay Minute, 1835
(D) Regulating Act, 1773
3. Which European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India?
Question Asked : SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam 2003
(A) French
(B) Portuguese
(C) Dutch
(D) Danish
4. Which pairs contributed significantly to integrate the princely states into Indian Union?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 2002, SSC FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam 2012, SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE) Exam 2016
(A) Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
(C) Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Sardar Patel and K.M. Munsi
5. In which systems of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the interests of farmers?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 2002
(A) Permanent Settlement of Bengal
(B) Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
(C) Zamindari Settlement of Central States
(D) Malgujari (land revenue) Settlement of United State
6. Which libraries have the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 2002
(A) Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library
(B) Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
(C) Asiatic Society Library
(D) Rampur Raza Library
7. In which movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 2000
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
(C) Ahmedabad Strike, 1918
(D) Bardoli Satyagraha
8. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha?
Question Asked : SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam 1997
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(C) Abbas Tyabji
(D) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
9. In which years, 26th January was celebrated as an independence day?
Question Asked : SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam 2005
(A) 1930
(B) 1929
(C) 1942
(D) 1946
10. Which treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao II?
Question Asked : SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam 2004
(A) The Treaty of Purandhar
(B) Convention of Wadgaon
(C) Treaty of Bassein
(D) Treaty of Salbai
